BOULDER, CO: The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) has announced its new Board officers and new members of the Board of Trustees for 2013. Michael A. Ginsberg, a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Jones Day, has been elected as the Board Chair. “I am delighted to serve NITA as chair of the Board of Trustees. I first encountered NITA as a law student nearly 30 years ago, and have had the great pleasure of serving as a faculty member in NITA public and public interest programs throughout the United States and in a number of foreign countries,” Ginsberg said.

“After more than 40 years of service to the profession, NITA remains the premier lawyer training organization. I deeply appreciate NITA’s commitment to and focus on the development of the rule of law in emerging countries and its support of the mission of public interest legal organizations, as well as its commitment to training lawyers to be competent and ethical advocates,” Ginsberg said. He continued, “I am honored and humbled to have been chosen to serve as Board Chair, particularly as NITA transitions to new leadership under the direction of Karen Lockwood.” (Lockwood took over as the new executive director of NITA December 1st 2012).

Michael A. Ginsberg, a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Jones Day

Leo Romero, Past Chair
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of New Mexico School of Law
Albuquerque, NM